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| -rw-r--r-- | man7/inotify.7 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7 index 04893a3a8..eb83e0637 100644 --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -322,8 +322,11 @@ so that events are not generated for children after they have been unlinked from the watched directory. .TP .B IN_MASK_ADD -Add (OR) events to the watch mask for this pathname if -it already exists (instead of replacing mask). +If a watch instance already exists for the filesystem object corresponding to +.IR pathname , +add (OR) the events in +.I mask +to the watch mask (instead of replacing the mask). .TP .B IN_ONESHOT Monitor |